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womanofthehills

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27. My whole block was poisoned with Malathion for mosquito control in mid 90's
Sat May 10, 2025, 02:50 PM
May 10

Because I lived near the river, our neighborhood would be sprayed for mosquitoes in the middle of the night out of trucks. One of the workers ran out of the pesticides they usually spray and used some old malathion that was in a hot shed forever. It came thru the screen door into my house. I was on the “no spray list” when this happened.

In our city to this day there is a number you can call if you have mosquitoes and they will come and spray your block. They ended up spraying my block 3 times in one week with old malathion. Everyone was sick - kids all had asthma- and I ended up with reactive airway disease because malathion kills airway cells. It also kills enzymes that process acetylcholine so you get really messed up. To this day, I still have sensitivities from that exposure- if I am near pesticides my airway gets tight and I begin salivating big time.

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"You know who" golfs all the time. Wonder Why May 9 #1
In my senior community, many retired marybourg May 9 #2
People used to lick golf balls. usonian May 9 #3
There was a kid in my high school who carried one around and talked to it. Harker May 9 #5
See reply 7. highplainsdem May 9 #8
Was the brand "Wilson"? nt JustABozoOnThisBus May 10 #23
Perfect! Harker May 10 #24
And got liver damage from it. The idea was to improve their game by cleaning the ball. highplainsdem May 9 #7
Your customary thoroughness is admirable, thanks hpd. Harker May 9 #11
I'm afraid I don't remember seeing that. And I just did both a Google search and Advanced searches highplainsdem May 9 #16
Wow, you learn something new everyday blue_jay May 10 #19
I encourage the SlobFather to live at marasluggo full time. NoMoreRepugs May 9 #4
except for maybe 3-4 days/wk Trump goes to his golf courses as it is. riversedge May 9 #6
He's probably indoors when they're sluicing it down Warpy May 9 #10
People who golf should never bring or wear their golfing shoes indoors womanofthehills May 10 #25
He probably pays someone to lick his balls for him. n/t Harker May 9 #12
Snort! WestMichRad May 9 #14
Lutnick? The Madcap May 9 #15
DUzy! 🥇🏆💫 littlemissmartypants May 9 #17
So working there is fine? twodogsbarking May 9 #9
By 3auld6phart May 9 #13
Residential proximity to the White House needs to be studied Seinan Sensei May 9 #18
Kick dalton99a May 10 #20
When you live close to a farm you are safe though. twodogsbarking May 10 #21
How about homeowners who are next door to one of those Chem Lawn type of spraying? Bengus81 May 10 #22
My whole block was poisoned with Malathion for mosquito control in mid 90's womanofthehills May 10 #27
I'm sure Bobby Brain Worm will get right on top of this. Diamond_Dog May 10 #26
For a while - he was taking about getting atrazine banned from crops womanofthehills May 10 #28
Film of US Soldiers spraying Agent Orange defoliant onto a riverbank without protective equipment Norrrm May 10 #29
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